Senior Software Engineer - Akamai Technologies

Are you interested in leading innovation into new security product areas?

Do you love collaborating with teams to solve complex problems?

Join our Global Web Security group

We design and develop innovative solutions to help our customers protect their websites and secure online transactions. Powering over 85% of the top online retailers every day, we work collaboratively, using cutting-edge technology to prevent data theft and downtime.

Partner with the best

The ideal individual for this position is creative, self-directed, and passionate about supporting and maintaining Security Products. You'll engage in every development phase to ensure an interactive and useful web application. You'll be a part of developing and articulating requirements and product visions through conceptualization, communicating and implementation.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Creating new features as well as enhancing existing features
• Optimizing existing functionality, from conception and design through to testing and deployment
• Working on projects that make our network more stable, faster, and more secure
• Collaborating with development and system QA teams to create regression tests for new software changes.
• Partnering with our operations teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problem escalations for our customers

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent experience
• Be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain a security clearance
• Have expertise designing and developing web applications or data pipelines using Java or Scala or TypeScript
• Have Query language experience like SQL for reporting and data analysis
• Have experience on web application development, networking, cloud and distributed computing environments
• Have working knowledge with Linux or UNIX operating systems
• Able to pay meticulous attention to detail and possess excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when